The 2026/27 Asian Le Mans Series will see a bumper grid for the first two races of the season, the 4 Hours of Le Castellet by ALMS in the South of France.
The 4 Hours of Le Castellet by ALMS will be the first chance to see the Hypercar class in action on the 5.821km Circuit Paul Ricard, with two Ferrari 499Ps entered for the 2026/27 season.
2025/26 LMP2 Vice Champions Cetilar Racing have stepped up to the new category, with father and son Roberto and Nicola Lacorte being joined by 24 Hours of Le Mans winner and Ferrari factory driver Antonio Fuoco in the no47 Ferrari. The no90 AF Corse Ferrari 499P will be raced by Argentine driver Luis Perez Companc, with 24 Hours of Le Mans winners Yifei Ye and Nicklas Nielsen joining the team as the pro drivers.
LMP2: 16 Cars
An impressive 16-car LMP2 field will not only be competing for the 2026/27 ALMS title, but also the coveted automatic invitation to the 2027 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Reigning champions Crowdstrike Racing by APR are back and will be challenging for a third ALMS title this season. 2025/26 champions George Kutz and Louis Deletraz team up again, with Laurin Heinrich joining them in the no4 Oreca 07-Gibson.
Newly crowned European Le Mans Series LMP2 Pro/Am champions Michael Jensen, Enzo Trulli and Malthe Jakobsen will be racing the no25 Algarve Pro Racing, with Jensen looking to add a second ALMS title to the one he won in 2024/25 with APR and Malthe Jakobsen, while the younger Dane will be challenging for a fourth ALMS LMP2 title in a row this season.
APR will also enter a second car for 2024/25 LMP3 champions Jens Reno Moller and Theodor Jensen, who will race alongside Austrian Charlie Wurz in the no20 Oreca.
2026 ELMS LMP2 Champions United Autosports will also enter a pair of cars, the no22 for Giorgio Roda, Ian Aguilera and Sting Ray Robb, with Phil Fayer, Hunter McElrea and Mikkel Jensen in the no2 entry.
2023 ALMS LMP2 Champions DKR Engineering will enter a single car for Tom Van Rompuy and Laurents Horr. 2022 champions Nielsen Racing will also run a single car in the LMP2 class for an all American line up of Steven Thomas, Max Garcia and Scott Huffaker.
Reigning ALMS LMP3 Champions CLX Motorsport will enter a single car, as will Duqueine Team and Team Virage.
Three time 24 Hours of Le Mans LMP2 winners Inter Europol Competition will enter a pair of Oreca-Gibsons at Le Castellet, with double Le Mans winner Nick Yelloly racing in the no43 car with fellow British racer Cian Shields, with Bijoy Garg and Niels Koolen in the no34 entry.
2025 24 Hours of Le Mans winner Phil Hanson will join F1 racer Jack Doohan and Alex Dimirdjian in the no55 AF Corse, with the Italian team running a second Oreca-Gibson. Father and son duo Horst and Horst Felix Felbermayr will race the no66 Proton Competition Oreca with Ferdinand Habsburg, with the German team running a second car for Greek racer Giorgios Kolovos and former ELMS champion and ALMS race winner Charles Milesi.
GT3: 28 Cars
A remarkable 28 car GT3 field will feature no less than eight manufacturers, with 7 Mercedes-AMGs, 6 Porsches, 4 Ferraris and 4 Aston Martins. 2 McLarens, 2 Lamborghinis and 2 Fords and a single BMW.
Reigning ALMS GT Champions Kessel Racing will be running a single Ferrari 296 in the distinctive Car Guy livery for Takeshi Kimura, Mathys Jaubert and Esteban Masson.
2025/26 ALMS GT driver champions Dustin Scott Blattner and Dennis Marshall will switch from Ferrari to McLaren and will race for British team Garage 59 in car number 58 alongside Tom Fleming. Garage 59 will also run a second McLaren 720S.
2024/25 ALMS GT Champions Manthey will run a pair of Porsche 911s, with double champion Klaus Bachler joining fellow Austrian Raphael Rennhofer and German racer Max Moritz in the no92 entry. Six time 24 Hours of Le Mans class winner Richard Lietz will race the no91 entry alongside Flynt Schuring and Joel Monegro.
AF Corse are the only team to run cars in all three ALMS classes this season, with the Italian team running a pair of Ferrari 296 GT3 EVOs alongside the two LMP2 entries and the Ferrari 499P in the Hypercar class. David Perel, Rafa Duran and Peter Dempsey will race the no50 296 for the Italian team, with the no51 Ferrari featuring Francesco Piovanetti, Jef Machiels and Alessio Rovera.
The seven Mercedes-AMGs on the grid will be raced by Malaysian team Petrolife Racing Team, ALMS race winners Getspeed, two cars for Bahraini team 2Seas Motorsports, and one each for Team Qatar by Iron Lynx, Craft Bamboo Iron Lynx and Winward Racing.
Belgian squad Team WRT will enter the only BMW M4 GT3 EVO on the grid for Anthony McIntosh, Parker Thompson and Max Hesse. Haupt Racing Team will enter a pair of Ford Mustangs, with Hubert Haupt, David Schmacher and Fabio Scherer sharing the no65 Mustang and Arjun Maini, Finn Wiebelhaus and Michael Tosi in the no64 entry by the German team.
A pair of Lamborghini Temerario GT3s will be making their ALMS debut in Le Castellet with Leipert Motorsport running the no63 Lamborghini, while Italian squad Dfyne Racing Team will race the no93 entry.
After racing in LMP2 last season, all Japanese team Ponos Racing return with a GT3 entry, the no45 Ferrari 296 for Yorikatsu Tsujiko, Takura Shinohara and Tadasuke Makino.
Three more Porsche 911 GT3 R EVOs will be run by German teams Proton Competition and Herberth Motorsport, along with Danish squad High Class Racing.
American squad Heart of Racing will bring their two Aston Martin Vantage to make their ALMS debut in Le Castellet. Roman De Angelis, Eduardo Barrichello and Gary Newell will race the no26 entry, while Ian James, Zac Robichon and Mattia Drudi will pilot the no27 Aston Martin.
French team Car Blanche by RSL will enter a single car for their home event for Valentin Hasse Clot, Arnold Robin and Jonny Edgar. The final entry on the GT3 grid will be the distinctive livery of the Ecurie Ecosse Blackthorn Vantage, with Giacomo Petrobelli and Kobe Pauwels.
The 4 Hours of Le Castellet by ALMS will feature two 4-Hour races on Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 November.
Jeff Carter,